Photograph- This shows the only breakdown that endagesrs the west wall. The prison is filled with rubble stone, fortunately, or flooding would have washed too much away from the eastern portions still standing. The old trolley pylons still stand just southeast of the lock. It is a vital part of Lancaster's history using water to get to down river markets. Lock Number 1 of Conestoga Naviagation Company on the Conestoga River.
Photograph- This shows the only breakdown that endagesrs the west wall. The prison is filled with rubble stone, fortunately, or flooding would have washed too much away from the eastern portions still standing. The old trolley pylons still stand just southeast of the lock. It is a vital part of Lancaster's history using water to get to down river markets. Lock Number 1 of Conestoga Naviagation Company on the Conestoga River.
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This shows the only breakdown that endagesrs the west wall. The prison is filled with rubble stone, fortunately, or flooding would have washed too much away from the eastern portions still standing. The old trolley pylons still stand just southeast of the lock. It is a vital part of Lancaster's history using water to get to down river markets. Lock Number 1 of Conestoga Naviagation Company on the Conestoga River.
Photograph- This is the other standing portion of the East Wall of Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company canal south of Lancaster on the Conestoga River to Safe Harbor.
Photograph- This is the other standing portion of the East Wall of Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company canal south of Lancaster on the Conestoga River to Safe Harbor.
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This is the other standing portion of the East Wall of Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company canal south of Lancaster on the Conestoga River to Safe Harbor.
Photograph- The north gate - east side showing the lock gate groove in the rocks and opposite on west wall of over 100 feet the matching groove and hardware of the gate. This was Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company on the Conestoga River.
Photograph- The north gate - east side showing the lock gate groove in the rocks and opposite on west wall of over 100 feet the matching groove and hardware of the gate. This was Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company on the Conestoga River.
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The north gate - east side showing the lock gate groove in the rocks and opposite on west wall of over 100 feet the matching groove and hardware of the gate. This was Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company on the Conestoga River.
Photograph- Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
Port of Lancaster. The Conestoga Navigation Company, incorporated 1825, constructed on Conestoga Creek, from lancaster to the Susquehanna River, 9 locks and dams which wer used for slackwater navigation for about 40 years. A rock fill crib dam across the river made possible cargo exchanges with the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal located on the west shore.
Photograph- Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
Port of Lancaster. The Conestoga Navigation Company, incorporated 1825, constructed on Conestoga Creek, from lancaster to the Susquehanna River, 9 locks and dams which wer used for slackwater navigation for about 40 years. A rock fill crib dam across the river made possible cargo exchanges with the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal located on the west shore.
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Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
Port of Lancaster. The Conestoga Navigation Company, incorporated 1825, constructed on Conestoga Creek, from lancaster to the Susquehanna River, 9 locks and dams which wer used for slackwater navigation for about 40 years. A rock fill crib dam across the river made possible cargo exchanges with the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal located on the west shore.
